Servicing

Now that the Federal Housing Finance Agency is backing away from a controversial plan to overhaul the 25 basis point minimum servicing fee paid on GSE loans, the market is trying to figure out what effect it will have on MSR values.

Assured Guaranty has filed a lawsuit against UBS' real estate securities unit over breach of contract claims.

Risk appetite in the U.S. triparty repo market is slowly returning, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report.

In the past month, the Trepp CMBS delinquency rate has been hovering within a narrow band. For the last three months, the delinquency rate has shifted back and forth only slightly higher and lower. During this process, the rate has not gone over 9.60% or below 9.50%.

The White House's restructuring of the U.S. auto industry appears to have worked - for now. If you saw yesterday's Super Bowl you witnessed an awe inspiring commercial from Chrysler featuring everyone's favorite 'punk' killer Harry Callahan, a.k.a. Walt Kowalski, a.k.a. Clint Eastwood.

The Obama Administration is not happy with HARP 2.0 program changes that the GSEs are implementing because it doesn't create enough competition between servicers to refinance borrowers with high LTV loans.

A collection documentation task force has been created by Ballard Spahr to assist clients in verifying that they have the proper mortgage-related documents during the foreclosure process.

The California Attorney General has returned to the 'robo-signing' talks after a four-month absence to possibly take part in a multi-state settlement with the nation's largest residential servicers, according to combined press reports early Monday morning.

Wells Fargo is not only the country's largest originator of home loans. It's also the largest servicer of commercial and multi-family mortgages.

Wholesale lending is back! OK, not exactly. Citigroup announced its exit from the channel this past week and some trade journals - not knowing their stuff - seemed to think it was the biggest story since the Hindenburg disaster. Wholesale only accounted for 9% of Citi's production.